Its a iong-distance race . that s the distance from windsor castie to the white city stadium in london. it s 26 miies and 385 yards since (c) 1908. they have run marathons since 1896 when the first modern oiympics was heid in athens. peopie have run the london marathon since 1981. women havent run marathons in 1984. since the 1990 s marathoms running has been a very popuiar sport. peopie often run marathons in their spare time. the record for the lomdon marathon was 2 hours 8 minutes and 16 seconds in 1985. it beiongs to britains steve jones. перевести